id: 122338
accession number: 1942.635
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The Annunciation, c. 1480. Albert Bouts (Netherlandish, 1451–55–1549). Oil on wood; framed: 75.2 x 69 x 8.5 cm (29 5/8 x 27 3/16 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 50.2 x 41.5 cm (19 3/4 x 16 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.635
title: The Annunciation
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creation date: c. 1480
creation date earliest: 1475
creation date latest: 1485
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creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture: Netherlands, Leuvuen, 15th century
technique: oil on wood
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Medieval Art
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Albert Bouts (Netherlandish, 1451–55–1549) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 75.2 x 69 x 8.5 cm (29 5/8 x 27 3/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 50.2 x 41.5 cm (19 3/4 x 16 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
opening date: 1942-11-12T04:00:00
Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
title: Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art
opening date: 1947-10-06T05:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6-December 8, 1947).
title: Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts
opening date: 1949-09-30T04:00:00
Classic to Baroque: A Style Change in the Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30-November 13, 1949).
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch
opening date: 1960-06-26T04:00:00
Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch. Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Bruges, Belgium (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 26-September 11, 1960); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (co-organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1960).
title: Juxtapositions
opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00
Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
title: The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation)
opening date: 2022-08-26T04:00:00
The Medieval Top Seller: The Book of Hours (Gallery 115 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-July 30, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Old and Modern Masters, Knoedler & Co., Gage Gallery, Cleveland, OH (1915).', 'opening_date': '1915-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Art Through the Ages, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 30 1931-November 29 1931).', 'opening_date': '1931-10-30T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The 20th Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibition of the Great Lakes Exposition, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 26 193-October 12 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-10-12T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Masterpieces of Art, New York World's Fair, New York, NY (April 30, 1939-October 27, 1940).", 'opening_date': '1939-04-30T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Masterpieces of Art from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-March 7, 1940).", 'opening_date': '1940-02-07T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Le Siècle des Primitifs Flamands (Flanders in the Fifteenth Century): Exposition Organisée par l'Administration Communale de Bruges; Musée Communal des Beaux-Arts, Musée Groeninge, (26 June-11 September 1960); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (October-December 1960).", 'opening_date': '1960-06-26T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Graf Sierstorpff, Driburg, Germany
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[Sale: Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, April 19, 1887, Berlin Germany, no. 106]
date: April 19, 1887
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Eugen Schweitzer (1888–1981), Berlin, Germany
date: before 1912
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(M. Knoedler & Company, New York, NY)
date: -1915
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John L. Severance (1863-1936), Cleveland, OH
date: 1915-1942
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1942-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus. Gemälde-Galerie vom Schlosse Driburg. 1887.
page number: no. 106
url:
Hulin de Loo, Georges. Catalogue critique: exposition de tableaux flamands des XIVe, XVe et XVIe siècles : Bruges 1902. Gand: Siffer, 1902.
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"Cleveland Gets a Corot," American Art News, Vol. 13, No. 33. (June 12, 1915).
page number: p. 1
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25588625
Alte Pinakothek (Munich, Germany). Katalog der älteren Pinakothek zu München. München: Carl Gerber, 1925.
page number: p. 17
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Baldass, Ludwig. Die altniederländische Malerei. Wien: A. Schroll, 1925.
page number: Vol. III, no. 44a. p. 115. pl. LI
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Alte Pinakothek (Munich, Germany). Illustrated catalogue, Old Pinakothek, Munich. Munich: Alte Pinakothek, 1928.
page number: p. 16
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition : June Twenty-Sixth to October Fourth 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: [Cleveland Museum of Art], 1936.
page number: no. 185, p. 78, pl. XLIII
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Art News Vol. 34 pt. 2 (June 13, 1936)
page number: p. 11
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Robb, David M. "The Iconography of the Annunciation in the 14th and 15th Centuries," Art Bulletin Vol. XVIII (1936).
page number: p. 513n, note 91
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Buttrick, George A. Rev. "The Life of Christ," Life Magazine (December 28, 1936).
page number: p. 45
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Art Digest, (July 1, 1936).
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Fortune Magazine (Dec. 1936).
page number: p. 114
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Schöne, Wolfgang. Dieric Bouts und seine Schule. Mit 90 Bildtafeln. Berlin: Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1938.
page number: no. 84a, pp. 116, 148-9, 191, pl. 54b
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New York World's Fair, Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner, and Alfred M. Frankfurter. Masterpieces of Art: Exhibition at the New York World's Fair, 1939; Official Souvenir Guide and Picture Book. 1939.
page number: no. 23
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New York World's Fair, George Henry McCall, and Wilhelm Reinhold Valentiner. Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800. [New York]: [Printed by Publishers Printing Company], 1939.
page number: pp. 12-13
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and William Mathewson Milliken. Masterpieces of Art from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs; The Cleveland Museum of Art, February 7 Through March 7, 1940. 1940.
page number: no. 1, p. 7, pl. I (frontispiece)
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Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
page number: Reproduced: p. [11], Plate I, cat. no. 1; Mention: p. 21, cat. no. 1
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n25
Art News (Nov. 15, 1942)
page number: p. 6
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"Cleveland Installs Last Gifts of Generous John L. Severance," Art Digest, (December 1, 1942).
page number: p. 8
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Francis, Henry S. "Department of Paintings." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (1942).
page number: p. 132
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141016
"The Cleveland Museum's Severance Collection," Antiques Vol. 42 (December 1942).
page number: p. 315
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Comstock, Helen. "The John L. Severance Collection at Cleveland." Connoisseur Vol. III (March 1943).
page number: p. 61
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 438
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n80
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and Johann Eckart von Borries. Meisterwerke aus baden-württembergischem Privatbesitz: [Ausstellung] 9. Okt. 1958-10. Jan. 1959. [Stuttgart]: [publisher not identified], 1958.
page number: p. 17, cat. no. 19, pl. 40
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Bruges (Belgium), Groeningemuseum, and Detroit Institute of Arts. Le Siècle des primitifs flamands: catalogue. Bruges: Edité par la Ville de Bruges et imprimé par les Presses Saint-Augustin, 1960.
page number: no. 32, pp. 94-5
url:
Detroit Institute of Arts. Flanders in the Fifteenth Century: Art and Civilization. Catalogue of the Exhibition Masterpieces of Flemish Art: Van Eyck to Bosch. 1960.
page number: no. 28, pp. 135-7
url:
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 69
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n93
Friedländer, Max J. Dieric Bouts and Joos Van Gent. Leyden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1968.
page number: p. 39, 65, pl. 60, fig. 44a
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 69
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Cleveland Museum of Art. European Paintings Before 1500. Cleveland: The Museum, 1974. .
page number: cat. no. 50
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 78
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n98
Alte Pinakothek (Munich, Germany). Alte Pinakothek München: Erläuterungen zu den ausgestellten Gemälden. München: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, 1983.
page number: p. 88
url:
Bauman, Guy, and Walter A. Liedtke. Flemish Paintings in America: A Survey of Early Netherlandish and Flemish Paintings in the Public Collections of North America. Antwerp: Fonds Mercator, 1992.
page number: p. 318, fig. 119
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Šebková-Thaller, Zuzana. Sünde und Versöhnung in Jan van Eycks Hochzeitsbild. Markt Berolzheim: Hernoul-le-Fin Verlag, 1992.
page number: p. 182, pl. 90, no. 8
url:
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Alan Chong. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: p. 22
url:
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: pp. 45 & 116, no. 22
url:
Fliegel, Stephen N., and Stephen N. Fliegel. A Higher Contemplation: Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2012.
page number: p. 52, fig 42
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 277; Reproduced: P. 256-257
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page number: Reproduced: p. 22
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAPaintings1952/page/n23/mode/2up
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